Al is the circus ticket-seller, and the former ticket-seller, Phil, and the villainous ring-master are planning to get him into trouble. Al is in love with Lucille, the beautiful bare-back rider and so is the ringmaster. The latter and Phil dress in lion skins to scare Al, but a real lion has escaped. Al and "Moonlight," the circus handyman, try to escape. Al tries to rescue Lucille on a bicycle, but Lucille falls off and the real lion joins Al on the bicycle.